Congregation Ahavoth Zedek Anshei
Timkowitz

contributed by Jerry Seligsohn

The Timkowitz Society held out rather later than other similar groups. Though its name was Congregation and it had several addresses. its papers did not seem to
relate to a synagogue. Apparently it seemed limited to cemetery ownership.
There seemed to be no social function. Yet the organization persisted for over
seventy years. As the early minutes were in Yiddish a more capable researcher could do a more intensive study than I have.
As my specialty is name, time and place, I believe that my study serves my goals.
The burial lists afford name and time. The dues list gives a place next to the name.
As always neither YIVO nor I can follow up on a genealogical study of individual names.
Let the reader use these lists as a starting point. Cursive writing gives me fits. The YIVO librarians [a patient and tolerant group, god bless them] must be tired of my pursuing them to help me decipher esoteric
writing.

Concerning the burial information that is listed in some of the records
below, the Congregation kept an account of each burial in a receipt book which
consisted of a tear out to be submitted to the cemetery on the day of
interment. The other side of the tear out, linked by a perforation was
the stub which contained the name, age date of interment and grave
identification. My information came from the stub.

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